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The author is a resident of Virginia employed for over 30 years in sales serving commercial businesses including industrial, research, medical, and agricultural. He became politically active upon his son's first deployment to Iraq first by becoming a grassroots organizer and subsequently serving for five years as Chair of a local Democratic Committee.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, June 27, 2010 Ahoy! "Starve the Beast" Pirates Before Scuttling Government's Ship, Did Anyone Check the Passenger List?
If you believe that the foundation of our crisis of economy and government today are consequence of deliberate strategy from decades ago, this article lays out the mechanism and evidence. Over 10 trillion in budget deficits run up in Republican administrations and a long string of no votes in Congress to block the restoration of revenue to pay the bills weren't accidental. Not in this democracy!